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President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he is "seriously considering" nominating retired neurosurgeon and top Trump surrogate Ben Carson as head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In a conference call with reporters Tuesday morning, a spokesman for Donald Trump's transition avoided questions about whether the President-elect is still involved in running his business empire, directing reporters to Trump himself.

Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Tuesday that the President-elect currently does not plan to pursue investigations against Hillary Clinton, a promise he made often on the campaign trail that, if carried out, would violate the Justice Department's independence.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Donald Trump on Monday discussed the conflict in Syria and the need to focus resources on defeating terrorist organizations like the Islamic State in the President-elect's first meeting with a Democratic lawmaker, according to a statement released by Gabbard's team.

In a conference call with reporters on Monday morning, Donald Trump spokesman Jason Miller said that legal counsel are "comfortable" with all the meetings the President-elect has held to date, including those with his business partners.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) argued on Friday in an implicit rebuke of Donald Trump that the Republican Party must be a party for "all citizens, regardless of their race, gender or where they are born and raised.”

Donald Trump's transition team pushed back on concerns about the President-elect's newly-appointed national security advisor and attorney general nominee in a conference call with reporters on Friday morning.